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Dec 5, 2019 · Operations

When Alipay Crashed: Lessons on High Availability and Disaster Recovery

On December 5th Alipay experienced a brief outage that sent users into panic, prompting a humorous recount of personal losses, meme images, and a reminder of the critical importance of high‑availability architecture and disaster‑recovery planning for large‑scale financial services.